Design And Development Of Vertical Hydroponic System For Urban Community

Wan Hanafi, Wan Muhamad Azam Fikry (2019) Design And Development Of Vertical Hydroponic System For Urban Community. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

As the city's population capacity is increasing, climate change, a decline in fishing activities, hydroponic production of vegetables is becoming more common to the urban community. In simple words, hydroponics is the practice of growing plants using only water, nutrients, and a growing medium. However, there are some problems faced by urban residents living in urban areas, including the lack of areas or places to engage in farming activities. Furthermore, most of the residents are very concerned about house cleanliness. Most people who live in urban areas work the whole day to sustain their lives. Therefore, they do not have much time at home to do planting activities and monitor their crops even though they are done in their own homes. Existing hydroponic products have a relatively large design and are difficult to install and are less suitable to be placed in limited space. The purpose of this project is to identify the best hydroponic technique that can be applied and to develop a new design of the vertical hydroponic system product. This study is focusing on the urban community living at condominiums and apartments in Malaysia to proposed a new design of the vertical hydroponic system that can be applied to the limited space. The data was gathered from the customer feedback get from several hydroponic suppliers to produce accurate data. Using several functional and aesthetic aspects, the new design has developed using the conceptual design process framework as the hypothesis to another study. The design was successfully developed to meet the customer requirement and their preferences. This product can be used in the lack of area and limited space due to its design that compact design and modular product.

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